Dany's Silver

Which is why I addressed starki, because I agree with you that there aren't "several major issues" with Jon + Dany. :)

starki GRRM's recently published novella, The Princess and The Queen, makes it quite clear that ? So Jon & Dany will marry, and their Hand will be ; thus, fulfilling the three-headed dragon prophecy. :D

Well, Jon was given the command by Donal Noye (when he went to defend the gate against Mag the Mighty), so he didn't just take command. His brothers saw that their current acting commander had faith in him.

I think Jon and Ghost reuniting will be key in Jon sussing out Locke's untrustworthy character. None of the direwolves has ever shied away from indicating that someone is a threat, and Ghost is going to see right through Locke's bullshit story. :D

I just cannot see Bran doing that to Jon. He could cause Jon to misstep while fighting the mutineers. It's just oo much of a risk, and not to mention that warging another human being is a violation of that person's personhood (and I think he violates Hodor as well, which is why he doesn't make it apparent to either Meera or Jojen that he's warging Hodor in the CotF's cave in ADWD).

GRRM has told each actor something true about their characters, which is not already made explicit in the books. I suspect he told Sean Bean that Lyanna is Jon's mother, which is why he seems a bit choked up when promises Jon that the next time they see each other they'll talk about Jon's mother. I suspect that Kit is also aware of Jon's true parentage. Gwen Christie said that . It's apparent that Locke takes Hoat's place, which is why I find it a stretch that the same character will take another book character's place. I'd much rather see Ghost snap at Locke, because he's a great judge of character. :)

I would presume that Karl had the flesh boiled off Mormont's skull. He doesn't strike me as the patient sort.

I certainly hope that Bronn isn't deceiving Tyrion, and that somehow Shae will have been smuggled off the boat by one of Cersei's agents. I also want Varys to be genuinely surprised when Shae shows up at the trial. She simply has to be there in the Tower of the Hand after the trial ends badly for Tyrion! As for Olenna, I assume she'll be seen again in TWOW (I can't see her missing Margaery's trial, unless the Ironborn raiding the Reach somehow makes travel unsafe for her), but I doubt she'll end up being thrown from a cliff (she's much smarter than her foolish husband, who rode off a cliff while hunting/hawking!). :D This. Niiiice. 39 days and counting then. Ygritte is gonna die on my baby's birthday (he's Unsullied and he'll be so bummed!). He needn't necessarily replace Satin (although that's possible), but I suspect he'll be one of those young orphans who comes to CB and will be given the chance to take his vows when he's old enough to do so.

I don't think that Bran is ignorant of the evil men can do in the world of Westeros; he lived through the Ironborn taking Winterfell! I believe that while Book!Sansa knows that Littlefinger is having Maester Colemon dose Robin more regularly with sweet sleep than he should, I don't think she'll have a hand in Robin's death. If anything, she's going to get some sweet motherfucking revenge on Littlefinger's ass both in the book and the show, and I predict that I will thoroughly enjoy both depictions!

The Lizard King made a screen capture of HBO's site before they changed it: http://i.imgur.com/G1pdcan.png

Earlier in this thread someone posted a screen shot of the original post by HBO.

That's the first time I've thought of CH as the NK. I've personally always leaned towards him being Benjen Stark, but your idea is intriguing. Perhaps the CotF have found a way for the NK to redeem himself for his behaviour 8,000 years ago (see the bottom of the wiki page for the timeline of the NW's Lord Commanders)? I'm pretty sure that Mormont (in the show) didn't send Thorne to KL with Flowers' moving hand in a jar, in order to provide proof of the NW's dire need to have assistance from the Iron Throne.

:lmao:

A drink that hardens someone against pain wouldn't necessarily lead to an increased musculature. This. Also, is he Benjen Startk?! Enquiring minds would like an answer to that question! :read:

Ick. I'd forgotten how early Cersei and Jaime started things. Of course, they're also much closer in age than Margaery and Tommen. I just want that poor kid to somehow manage to not be completely screwed up by everything around (surely someone can maintain some innocence in ASoIaF!) :) Well, in the show, we don't see Bran make Sam promise to not tell Jon. I would have preferred that promise had been left in their arc, but we'll see where this goes. Someone else mentioned that perhaps Jojen will key into Jon's warging abilities, and that sort of makes sense, since the first time Jojen was near Jon, Ghost was on the other side of the Wall. Perhaps Jojen's green dreams intensify nearer to the Wall (the way Mel's powers do in ADWD)? :bowdown: :agree: I know. I was commenting that he was showing up as a new recruit, because there was some speculation that he would simply show up at CB as an envoy of the new Warden of the North to have a look around for Bran and Rickon.

I agree with everyone who has said that Bran's arc could have been used to provide more history of Westeros with some wonderful storytelling (KotLT). I'm not thrilled that Jon knows about Bran being alive, but I will see how that plays out (hopefully, with Bran & Co. escaping and not reuniting with Jon - or else what was the point of Bran not going to CB with Sam and Gilly?!). I think it's best if Karl says he killed the lot of them, and Jon is once again ignorant of Bran's continued existence...

He's 8 in the books, so, no... just no! :ack:

I think they kept Craster's son alive to show the baby's transformation. Since TV!Ghost growls (where Book!Ghost is completely silent), perhaps the mutineer pices of shit are keeping him around to provide a warning signal of advancing wights/Others. I predict that I will enjoy watching Ghost fuck Rast's shit up next Sunday. :)

Is that the Great Other that Mel refers to?! That dude reminds me of one of the demons from Angel season 5... Not what I expected, to be certain.

Thanks... :)

OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG.

Hard to act when it's colder than a witch's tit out! :D

I'm only commenting as the show happens for myself. Sorry....

Those fuckers have Ghost. Jon'll fuck them for that.

I suspect this might be the scene they had to tone down. :ack: